In eastern Congo, the M23 rebels and SADC peacekeepers agreed to a ceasefire and a plan to withdraw SADC troops. This development follows the rebels taking control of key areas like Goma and Bukavu.

The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.

National and international NGOs working in Rwanda have been banned from cooperating with Belgian institutions, the Rwanda Governance Board said, after Kigali cut off diplomatic ties with Brussels ...

Qatar hosted a second round of talks on Friday between Congo and Rwanda and separately met with representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebellion waging an insurgency in eastern Congo, four sources told ...

Pakistan on Thursday called for "fully" implementing last month's UN Security Council resolution that demanded the withdrawal ...

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

The Congolese chessboard remains in motion - M23 dominates, the West fumbles, and Africa, torn between unity and self-interest, watches as another peace effort teeters.

The UN Security Council members should reassess MONUSCO's mandate in DR Congo if the mission can no longer fulfill its ...

There has been a feeling of regret on whether the momentum for peace was actually lost in abrupt change of the military ...

Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to ...

At the instance of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and his Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame met ...

A record number of 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid ...